About Us

The Kawarthas Tourism

The Kawarthas Tourism is operated by the upper tier municipality of Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.

Peterborough County is located on the traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabeg and is home to Curve Lake & Hiawatha First Nations communities.

Peterborough County is an upper tier municipality representing eight local municipalities and serving a population of approximately 64,000 residents plus a large seasonal population distributed over an area of 4,000 square kilometres. We are a diverse area and it’s this diversity that makes us unique and adaptable, and truly authentic.

The northern part of the County consists of lakes, rivers, and varied landscape. While the south part also has it’s share of lakes, rivers, trials, it offers rich agricultural land. Made up of a various size of towns, villages, and hamlets that all compliment one another and work together, our primary industries in our rural community are agriculture, tourism, light to medium duty manufacturing, service business, creative entrepreneurs, and innovation.